Fly-paper holder



O. J. SWANSON FLY PAPER HOLDER July 10, 1923. I 1,461,689

Filed Oct. 22, 1921 Patented July 10, 1923.

hill? TAT raises OLAF JOHAN SlVANSQN, F CHAPPAQUA, NEW YORK.

FLY-PAPER HOLDER.

Application filed October 22, 1921. Serial No. 509,538.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that OLAF JonAN SwANsoN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Chappaqua, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, has invented new and useful Improvements in Fly-Paper Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and efiicient means for holding sticky fly paper of the Tanglefoot type usually provided in sheets, and more particularly to provide a means for containing such sheets under conditions permitting access of flies and other insects to the sticky surface thereof while protecting the same from other objects and guarding against the sticky surface coming in contact with surrounding objects especially when exposed to a draft; and with this object in view the invention consists in a construction and com bination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of a holder embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the blanks constituting the tray and its end gate or closure.

Figures 3 and 4 are detail views of the blank from which the handle and one of the guard strips are formed.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a hanger by which the device may be supported from a shelf or ceiling The device consists essentially of a tray having upturned side and end edges forming walls or flanges 11, one end of the tray preferably being formed separately from the body portion of the tray to provide an end gate or closure 12 also flanged as shown at 13 and adapted to be fitted over the open end. of the body portion of the box after placing a sheet of sticky fly paper in the former as a means of locking the sheet in place against cndwise movement andfacilitating the introduction of said sheet. A slip connection is provided between the end gate or closure and the body of the tray.

In the side walls or flanges of the tray are formed notches .14: with intermediate fingers 15 for engagement with openings 16 in a strap 17 which constitutes a handle or belt by which the tray may be carried and which also serves as a guard to prevent objects from dropping or being accidentally placed in the tray where they will be subject to contact with the surface of the fly paper. As a further means of protecting the surface of the fly paper transverse guard bars 18 may be arranged to connect the side walls of the tray at opposite sides of the plane of the arched guard or handle 1'7.

To provide for supporting the holder in a pendent position one extremity of thehandle member 17 may be folded outward parallel with the bottom of the tray to form an car 19 and provided with an opening 20 for engagement with the nail or hook.

The device is of such construction as to be formed from a sheet of material either cardboard, metal or any equivalent thereof, and

is also of such a construction as to adapt it to be packed and shipped in a flat condition and folded into proper form when required for use. If the device is for example of cardboard the attachment of the ends of the walls and of the extremities of the bars with the walls may be effected by any suitable adhesive material such as mucilage or the like, and thus provision is made for packing the holder with the sheets of fly paper so that the holder may be set up by the consumer who purchases the fly paper.

In Figure 5 there is shown a modification of the invention consisting of a hanger made of two strands of wire twisted to provide a shank as shown at 21 and a terminal eye 22, the divergent arms 23 being inturned at their lower extremities as indicated at 24 and provided with hooks on which the bottom of the traymay rest.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new and useful is 1- c l. A fly paper holder consisting of a tray having side and end walls or flanges and transverse guards connecting the side walls.- one of said guards arranged at an intermediate portion of the length of the tray being arched to form a handle and being provided near its extremities with openings for engagement by tongues formed on the side walls of the, tray.

2. A fly paper holder consisting of a. tray having side and end Walls or flanges and transverse guards connecting the side Walls,

oneo-f said guards arranged at an intermediate portion of the length of the tray being arched to form at handle and having a terminal perforated eye for supporting the tray in a pendent position.

In testimony whereof he affixes his signature. OLAF JOHAN 'SWANSON. 

